Farm Subsidy information
Kentucky
Kentucky Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2009
Total Subsidies, Kentucky, 2009
Kentucky Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Kentucky ranking: 24 of 50 States
- 78 percent of farms in Kentucky did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Kentucky, 2009:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2009 |
Subsidy Total 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservation Reserve Program | 9,894 | $48,752,333 |
| 2 | Tobacco Transition Payment | 30,126 | $44,811,010 |
| 3 | Direct Payment Program | 31,782 | $42,514,636 |
| 4 | Emergency Conservation Program | 5,246 | $20,041,873 |
| 5 | Dairy Programs | 1,041 | $13,419,675 |
| 6 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 971 | $6,368,201 |
| 7 | Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) | 369 | $2,303,733 |
| 8 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 813 | $1,635,617 |
| 9 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 227 | $1,156,930 |
| 10 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 84 | $730,830 |
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